Social Practices: A Wittgensteinian Approach to Human Activity and the Social (Hardcover)

Theodore R. Schatzki

ISBN 10: 0521560225 / ISBN 13: 9780521560221

Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003

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Hardcover. This book addresses key topics in social theory such as the basic structures of social life, the character of human activity, and the nature of individuality. Drawing on the work of Wittgenstein, the author develops an account of social existence that argues that social practices are the fundamental phenomenon in social life. This approach offers new insight into the social formation of individuals, surpassing and critiquing the existing practice theories of Bourdieu, Giddens, Lyotard, and Oakeshott. This book addresses key issues in social theory such as the basic structures of social life, the character of human activity, and the nature of individuality. Drawing on the work of Wittgenstein, the author develops an account of social existence that argues that social practices are the fundamental phenomenon in social life. This approach, while respecting the multiplicity and heterogeneity emphasized in recent social thought, offers new insight into the social constitution of individuals, surpassing and critiquing the existing practice theories of Bourdieu, Giddens, and Lyotard. The author thereby shows the relevance of Wittgenstein's work to a range of social theoretic issues to which it hitherto has not been applied. The book will be of particular interest to social and continental philosophers, philosophers of the social sciences, a wide range of social theorists in sociology and political science, as well as some literary theorists. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Social Practices: A Wittgensteinian Approach to Human Activity and the Social (Hardcover)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521560225
• ISBN 13: 9780521560221
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: new

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Riassunto

Addresses the basic structures of social life drawing on the work of Wittgenstein.

Recensione

"Schatzki has produced a valuable and challenging book....All in all an excellent book." N. Garver, Choice

"...I heartily recommend this book to a much wider audience than might appear appropriate on the surface." Craig Squires, Philosophy in Review

"Throughout, Schatzki is a subtle reasoner and an articulate writer. His views are certainly important...." Stephen Satris, Review of Metaphysics